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Associate Scientist UFS Product DevelopmentUnilever · Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-18 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Hybrid Science Technology
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About the Company

Unilever is hiring "Associate Scientist UFS Product Development" Function: Research & Development Reports to : Associate Director - R&D UFS NA Location : Englewood Cliffs -800 Sylvan Terms: Full Time - Hybrid (3 days at office and 2 HO) Do you want to be part of a company that makes a difference around the world At Unilever, we have a clear purpose-to make sustainable living the norm. Through our 400 brands, which reach 2.5 billion people every day, our goal is to create a positive social impact both globally and locally. ABOUT FOOD SOLUTIONS (UFS) Act like a founder, be part of a Winning team, accelerate your growth, stay ahead of the curve, enjoy the journey: JOIN UFS Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, is one of the 3 Power brands of the Foods Business Group, and a global market leader in Food Service. We are an independent Global Business Unit that operates in over 76 countries, and employs 4000 employees. We have a unique B2B business model focused on serving chefs and our purpose is to free them to love what they do. We at UFS have a bold and clear ambition and strategy in place for 2030 with a bold ambition on turnover and profitability, by being the best solution provider to our growing operator base. We plan to do this via a product first focus on superiority, by becoming the leader in AI powered Customer experience and by nurturing a Winning culture. We have had a history of delivering with excellence and resilient performance in the past few years. We also strive to stay 3 steps ahead in the industry. For example, our Future Menus Report identifies emerging culinary trends, making us a trendsetter for inspiring innovative solutions for chefs worldwide. We have a culture of caring deeply not just for our business but also for our people. We foster an entrepreneurial culture built on speed, simplicity, trust, and a deep hunger to grow. Our people thrive on their roles being empowered and end to end - acros

About the Role

You love to win, and have fun doing it: You are passionate about product development and you are customer/consumer focused. You are comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment You're a dot connector: You are a problem solver: you break an issue into smaller parts to examine them. You build and manage relationships with cross-functional teams, key stakeholders, and strategic vendor partners to enable progress. You're a paradox navigator: You leverage your technical knowledge and experience, awareness of culinary and product trends and consumer insights to deliver superior new products that meet the project and business deliverables. You're a changemaker: You can identify and address emerging issues as well as set and manage priorities and continuously improve processes and practices Support projects: Execute agreed Cooking Aids R&D activities to deliver the brand's program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement. Works as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full. Develop products: Independently design products against simple product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf-life testing, analytical testing, etc.) Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status. Provide technical and product guidance Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross functional meetings. Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential. Support technical investigations using root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques as required for existing and new products. Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers,

Responsibilities

  • ● You love to win, and have fun doing it: You are passionate about product development and you are customer/consumer focused. You are comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment
  • ● You're a dot connector: You are a problem solver: you break an issue into smaller parts to examine them. You build and manage relationships with cross-functional teams, key stakeholders, and strategic vendor partners to enable progress.
  • ● You're a paradox navigator: You leverage your technical knowledge and experience, awareness of culinary and product trends and consumer insights to deliver superior new products that meet the project and business deliverables.
  • ● You're a changemaker: You can identify and address emerging issues as well as set and manage priorities and continuously improve processes and practices
  • ● Support projects: Execute agreed Cooking Aids R&D activities to deliver the brand's program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement.
  • ● Works as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.
  • ● Develop products: Independently design products against simple product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf-life testing, analytical testing, etc.)
  • ● Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status.
  • ● Provide technical and product guidance
  • ● Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross functional meetings.
  • ● Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.
  • ● Support technical investigations using root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques as required for existing and new products.
  • ● Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships
  • ● Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.
  • ● B.S. Degree in Food Science or equivalent with experience in the food industry preferred.
  • ● Ability to independently execute tasks and projects with moderate complexity
  • ● Ability to develop, plan, conduct, and coordinate prototype development initiatives across multiple projects/tasks.
  • ● Working knowledge in use of ingredients, formulation, process, and product design principles.
  • ● Fully operational in specification creation and approval and costing.
  • ● Ability to analyze and interpret data with guidance on final conclusions.
  • ● Working knowledge of experimental design, root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques.
  • ● Good understanding of manufacturing.
  • ● Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • ● Ability to construct trial/lab reports and presentations, including making recommendations.
  • ● Ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.